Sentences with phrase «in spending bills announced»

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Bill Gates» private foundation announced that it will spend $ 158 million to fight systemic poverty in the U.S.. On Thursday, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said that it will spend the money on initiatives such as funding for community activists during the next four years.

Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) announced Wednesday the omnibus spending bill currently in Congress includes $ 19 million for Fort Drum.

A former adviser to President Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonTrump, taxpayers want Title X funding protected from abortion clinics President Trump's historic rescissions package is a welcome step to cut wasteful spending America will be stronger with our immigration policy based on facts MORE predicts «a tough road» for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE as she prepares to possibly announce a 2016 presidential campaign in coming months.

Chancellor George Osborne signals a crackdown on the «out of control» welfare budget while announcing cuts of # 4bn will be made to the bill in the spending review this autumn.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, while announcing the bill, said «we think a day spent in a failing school is a day too long when children's education is at stake».

The Fordham Institute estimated that the CCSS cost $ 12.1 billion from 2012 to 2015.27 The conservative Pioneer Institute and American Principles Project estimate a mid-range cost of $ 15.8 billion over seven years for the CCSS, with $ 1.2 billion spent on assessments, $ 5.3 billion on professional development, and $ 6.9 billion for tech infrastructure and support.28 According to the New York Times, in part due to the CCSS, venture capital investment in public education has increased 80 percent since 2005, to a total of $ 632 million in 2012, a figure that has no doubt increased since.29 Bill Gates and Microsoft have cashed in on this lucrative market: in February 2014, Microsoft announced it was partnering with Pearson to install Pearson's Common Core materials onto Microsoft's Surface tablet.30

New York City is suing five of the largest oil companies over the billions of dollars it spends protecting the city from the effects of climate change, and it plans to divest its pension funds» $ 5 billion in assets involving fossil fuel producers, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.